A QLCS moved across Middle Tennessee on November 28 causing several reports of wind damage and some minor flooding in Nashville. Strong southerly winds out ahead of the QLCS also caused some minor wind damage.
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A QLCS moved across Middle Tennessee on November 28 causing several reports of wind damage and some minor flooding in Nashville. Strong southerly winds out ahead of the QLCS also caused some minor wind damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 1:32 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Nashville TN 132 PM CST Mon Nov 28 2016 .DISCUSSION... Deep cyclone centered over western Minnesota this aftenoon will undergo an occlusion next 12 to 24 hours with occluded front swinging across our area later tonight preceded by large area of much needed showers this afternoon and tonight that will include some thunderstorm activity as it moves through our area. Models develop a narrow embedded line of convection (QLCS) far eastern Arkansas around 19z and work it to just east of Memphis by 21z and nearing the Tennessee River around 23z and to interstate 65 about 02z. Once line gets east of interstate 65 it begins to weaken. Buoyancy looks weak to me but strong low level shear in association with strong low level jet is enough for concern that storms could drag jet down to the ground. Also looking at shear profiles on hodographs along with helicity swaths, think area of greatest concern would be in a corridor along and south of interstate 40 into the Nashville area. This would include Linden, Waynesboro, Hohenwald, Columbia, Centerville, Franklin and Nashville. Weakening occurs once QLCS gets east of interstate 65. Occluded front sweeps rain to our east rather quickly after midnight and off the plateau around daybreak Tuesday. Basically dry Tuesday but another round of rain will move into Middle Tennessee Tuesday night and Wednesday morning as secondary system moves into the area from Oklahoma. Looks like another good chance of rain coming over the weekend. Temperature wise I don't see a major change in our temps over the next 7 days. Rainfall over the next 3 days could total 1.5 inches across the north to possibly 3 inches near the Alabama border and in southeastern Middle Tennessee down through Grundy county as Middle Tennessee will be affected by two storm systems. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. Strong pre-frontal trough expected to push across the Mississippi Valley this afternoon, and across western and middle Tennessee overnight. Strong winds will occur ahead of the trough, and have left mention of low-level wind shear in the CKV and BNA TAFs for this evening. VFR conditions will give way to occasional MVFR conditions late this afternoon and overnight, mainly in a relatively narrow band ahead of the front. After the front passes, conditions are forecast to return rather quickly to VFR, with southwest surface winds becoming gusty on Tuesday ahead of a cold front, which will be moving out of the Plains into the Mississippi Valley. Gusts of 20 to 25 mph will likely be common by Tuesday afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Nashville 51 73 53 63 38 / 100 0 80 40 0 Clarksville 48 68 49 60 35 / 100 0 70 20 0 Crossville 51 67 54 62 35 / 100 20 90 90 20 Columbia 51 72 51 62 36 / 100 10 80 40 0 Lawrenceburg 52 72 52 63 36 / 100 20 80 50 0 Waverly 49 68 49 60 35 / 100 0 70 20 0 && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until midnight CST tonight FOR Bedford-Cannon- Cheatham-Clay-Coffee-Cumberland-Davidson-De Kalb-Dickson- Fentress-Giles-Grundy-Hickman-Houston-Humphreys-Jackson-Lawrence- Lewis-Macon-Marshall-Maury-Montgomery-Overton-Perry-Pickett- Putnam-Robertson-Rutherford-Smith-Stewart-Sumner-Trousdale-Van Buren-Warren-Wayne-White-Williamson-Wilson. && DISCUSSION......01/Boyd AVIATION........19
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 501 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-291115- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD- COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 501 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND WITH IT COMES THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT. AREAS SOUTH OF I-40 AND WEST OF I-65, INCLUDING COLUMBIA, PULASKI, LAWRENCEBURG, WAYNESBORO AND CENTERVILLE WILL EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST IMPACT. SEVERE STORMS ARE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE TUESDAY NIGHT AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF NASHVILLE WILL BE MOST AFFECTED. IN ADDITION, RAINFALL TOTALS FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. DESPITE THE DRY WEATHER WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, THE DRY HARD SOIL COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND PRODUCE SOME FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Facebook report indicated a tree was blown down on Highway 41 South near Bagwell Road.
Public reports that a tree was blown down on Port Royal Rd at the TN/KY state line.
A twitter report was received showing a tree blown down at Franklin Rd near Long Rd in Charlotte.
Trees and power lines were blown down in Coopertown with power outages across town.
A twitter report indicated a tree down on Belmont Blvd between Glen Echo Rd and Woodmont Blvd.
A 45 foot concrete wall was blown down at a construction site at Airport Rd and South Water Ave.
Amateur radio and local media reported minor roadway flooding at Thompson Ln at Nolensville Rd, Murfreesboro Rd at Thompson Ln, and Harding Pl at Antioch Pk in southeastNashville. In addition, Orr Ave was partially flooded, and a car became stranded with a water rescue performed.
Power lines were blown down with power outages across Overton County due to strong gradient winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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